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Cirsium scariosum (meadow thistle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cirsium scariosum is a species of thistle known by the common names meadow thistle, elk thistle and dwarf thistle. It is native to much of western North America from Alberta and British Columbia south to Baja California. There are also isolated populations on the Canadian Atlantic Coast, on the Mingan Archipelago in Québec.
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Infraspecies

Ecosystems

Predators

Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear)[1]

External References

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1National Geographic Magazine - May 2016 - Yellowstone - The Carnivore Comeback
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0